Metal-encapsulated organolead halide perovskite photocathode for solar-driven hydrogen evolution in water

Micaela Crespo-Quesada, Luis M. Pazos-Outón, Julien Warnan, Moritz F. Kuehnel, Richard H. Friend and Erwin Reisner ()
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Micaela Crespo-Quesada: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Luis M. Pazos-Outón: University of Cambridge
Julien Warnan: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Moritz F. Kuehnel: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Richard H. Friend: University of Cambridge
Erwin Reisner: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Lead-halide perovskites have triggered the latest breakthrough in photovoltaic technology. Despite the great promise shown by these materials, their instability towards water even in the presence of low amounts of moisture makes them, a priori, unsuitable for their direct use as light harvesters in aqueous solution for the production of hydrogen through water splitting. Here, we present a simple method that enables their use in photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution while immersed in an aqueous solution. Field’s metal, a fusible InBiSn alloy, is used to efficiently protect the perovskite from water while simultaneously allowing the photogenerated electrons to reach a Pt hydrogen evolution catalyst. A record photocurrent density of −9.8 mA cm−2 at 0 V versus RHE with an onset potential as positive as 0.95±0.03 V versus RHE is obtained. The photoelectrodes show remarkable stability retaining more than 80% of their initial photocurrent for ∼1 h under continuous illumination.

Date: 2016
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